Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तमोमित्येव संप्रोच्य लक्ष्मणः शुभलक्षणः । राजद्वारं समासाद्य चकार विजनं ततः

Transliteration

tamomityeva saṃprocya lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ | rājadvāraṃ samāsādya cakāra vijanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Having said, “Tamoṃ!”, the auspiciously marked Lakṣmaṇa approached the royal gate and then cleared the place, making it deserted.

Word by Word

• तमोम्: "tamoṃ" (an uttered sound)
• तमोम्: Sambandha (Quoted utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तमोम् (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: उद्गार/अनुकरण-अव्यय (interjection/onomatopoetic utterance)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• संप्रोच्य: having said/uttered
• संप्रोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभलक्षणः: of auspicious signs
• शुभलक्षणः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (one whose marks are auspicious); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लक्ष्मणः)

• राजद्वारम्: the royal gate
• राजद्वारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-सा-द्/सद् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having approached/reached'

• चकार: did / made
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• विजनम्: deserted / empty
• विजनम्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (राजद्वारम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual deduction within the ongoing story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa, radiant and resolute, utters a sharp mantra-like exclamation (‘Tamoṃ!’) and strides to the gate; the crowd disperses, leaving an empty, purified courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• rāja-dvāra (royal gate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined action and control of circumstance are shown as supports for dharma—preparing a protected space to prevent disorder and transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly identified in this verse; it is a narrative action within the chapter’s tīrtha-focused frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.